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Bales Wetlands Natural Area

Bales Wetlands Natural Area from directly overhead

Bales Wetlands Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Long Mountain stands 689 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooper Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 3.7 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
Getting there

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Coordinates45.47953, -122.86049

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 60
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 6.6 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 8.9 mi
  • Shelter A: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 10.9 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 9.4 mi
  • North Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Lieser Point: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 9.0 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 9.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.1 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.2 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.7 mi
  • School District Spring: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bales Wetlands Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainNNW 331°689 m24.5 mi
Green MountainNW 324°676 m22.6 mi
Buck MountainNNW 339°649 m22.2 mi
Tuttle PointW 273°623 m23.1 mi
Tater HillNNW 337°618 m23.8 mi
Hoffman HillNW 322°614 m24.5 mi
Rye HillNNW 335°566 m19.8 mi
Gales PeakWNW 284°548 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:04
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454750546063696964564944
Precip in5.54.34.13.02.21.70.50.51.43.95.96.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Oregon grape132 obs
  • Pacific trillium123 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug116 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel115 obs
  • Mallard104 obs
  • American Robin101 obs
  • western sword fern97 obs
  • White Inside-out Flower95 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1106467507

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